In return for her efforts, Cal is challenging the public not to but a single plastic water bottle for the whole of the summer and instead encouraging people to use a sustainable refillable alternative.

Bamboo drifting or bamboo pole racing as it is also known, is a traditional sport which is ingrained in culture in the Guangxi Region of China and see’s participants riding a long bamboo trunk whilst paddling, canoe style with a thinner bamboo pole.

When we heard that two good friends were planning to paddle across the English Channel later this summer, we thought we really should find out why they had decided to take on the challenge and how do you go about preparing for a paddleboard adventure like that. Adrian Hougham and Scott Roberts are taking to […]